Huff v. Harrell

OPINION

FEDERICO G. HINOJOSA, Jr., Justice.

Appellants, Hubert L. Huff and Joan Huff (the Huffs), leased a convenience store in Ingleside, Texas, to Harrell Petroleum Company (Harrell Petroleum), a Texas corporation, for a period of fifteen years, beginning in July 1981. With the Huffs’ consent, the lease was assigned to J’s Food Stores in 1985. When J’s failed to perform on the lease in 1989, the Huffs looked to Harrell Petroleum and majority owner, T.A. Harrell, Jr. (Harrell), for performance. Harrell died in 1990. Alleging that Harrell gave an oral personal guarantee in exchange for the…